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The Alliance: a force in the industry

Seventeen years ago, a handful of visionary roofing industry leaders saw the need
to establish an organization that could involve all industry segments to develop
education, training and research programs for everyone's benefit.

The organization they created is The
Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress. Its
original goal was to establish a permanent endowment fund of $6 million and use
investment income to support programs that were not, as yet, identified. During
its first year in operation, the Alliance
secured commitments totaling more than
$8 million and was on its way.

Investment income, of course, can be a tricky thing. It dried up after the financial
crisis of 2008-09, but recently the
Alliance has regained its financial footing,
has added new members and is preparing to embark on a number of important new projects.
These include: